Rail fastener



Aug. 5 1924. 1,503,489

w. DALTON RAIL FAsTENEn Filed Aug. 17 1923' 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 W ITNESSES W. DALTON RAIL FASTENER Aug; 5 ,.1924.

Filed Aux. 1'7. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 NVENTOR WITNESSES W. DALTON RM1. FASTENER K Aug.; 1924.

Filed Aug. 17. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR WITNESSES isms Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

STATES ATENT OFFICE- WILLIAM DALTON, or SCHENECTADY, NEW vonk.,

RAIL FASTENEB..

Application led August 17,1923.v Serial No. 657,945.V

To all whom t may concern.' tie and rails, illustrating another structural `Be it known that I, WILLIAM DALTON, modification offastener; Figl, a partial citizen of the United States, 'and resident of plan View of the same and Fig. 14, a side Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady View of the same, in elevation, the rail being and State of New York, have invented a cere shown in section.

tain new and useful Improvement in Rail In the practice ofV my invention, the rails, Fasteners, of which improvement the fol-` l, are connected to the ties, 2, by fasteners lowing is a specification. hereinafter described, and the means for se- My invention relates to means for securcuring the retainer member on one side of ing railroad rails to metal ties, particularly the rail to the tie, constitutes itself, at the to ties of I-beam shape, such as old rails. same time, the retainer member on the other One of the principal objects of the invenside of the rail. y tion is to provide a rail fastener,.in the ap- Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4`inclusive, plication of which no openings or cuts are the retainer member consists of a bar, 12, one required to be made either in the rails or in end of which is bent into a hook, 12a, to t the ties.

Another objects of the invention is to provide'a rail fastener whichwill securely hold the rail against lateral movement in either direction. It is not necessary, in practice to equip each and every tie with a fastener constructed and y adapted to prevent lateral movement of a rail 'inward towards the companion rail, but the fastener may be applied on, say, only every fourth or fifth tie, soV that it will be understood that thek fasteners hereinafter described may be combined in practice with simpler fasteners located on the outside of the rails only. In a companion application, filed of'even date herewith, Ser. No. 657,944, I have disclosed a .form of such simpler fastener.

, In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a View,4V in perspective, of a tie and rails, equipped with one form of fastener, adapted to prevent inward movement ofthe rail,.as well as spreading thereof; Fig. 2, a plan view of portions of a rail and tie of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the tie and fasteners of Figs. 1 andv 2, the rail being shown in section; Fig. 4, a side view, in elevation, of the rail and fastener of Figs; 1' to =3, the tie being shown in section.; Fig. 5, a view, in perspective, of a tie and rails, illustrating a structural modification of the fastener; Fig. 6, a partial plan view of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a side elevation of vthe same, the tie being in section; Fig. 8, a view, in perspective, as seen from below, of a tie and rail, illustrating another structural modification of fastener; Fig. 9, a side view of Fig. 8, in elevation, the tie being shown in section; Fig. 10, a side which is vhere shown as an old rail inverted. The other end of the retainer member is bent around to form a head, 12b, with a central opening, similar to that of an eye-bolt. The inner face of the head is recessed, as shown in Fig. `3,'to fit over the edge of theliange, la, of the rail, 1. The other member of this fastener consists of a bolt, 13, preferably of rectangular section, which is bent to fit diagits ends is rounded `to pass through the eye in the head, 12", and is screw threaded` for engagement with aV nut 13a. The other end is bent to overlie the edge of the flange, 2a, of the tie, and present a plane vertical face to the adjacent rail flange, la. Itwill beV obvious that, by tightening up the nut, 13a, both members will be securely clamped to 'the tie. By loosening said nut slightly, and by making; the top greater angle to the horizontal than the top of the rail flange, as described and claimed Ain nay/companion application aforesaid, the rail can'tbe removed by tipping it about the edge of Vits outer flange. f

Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, ,the fastener consists of the same retainer `mem ber,r12, and` of va tie-engaging member, 14, one end of which is rounded to pass through the eye in the head, 12, and receives the nut, 13a, the other end being bent to overlie-the tie flange,` as before, but on the same side of the tie as the nut-receiving end, while its body or intermediate portion does not pass around under the tie but is bent to fit up under the flange, view of Fig. 7, in elevation, the rail being 2a, of the tie, whereby tightening the nut, shown in section; Fig. 11, a plan view of the 13a, clamps .it and the retainer member firmsame; Fig. 12, a view, in perspective, of 'a ly to the tie. This form of fastener, and` of the recess at a over the edge ofthe flange, 2a, of the tie, 2,

on'ally around and under the tie, and one of In `the structural modification shown 'inik those still to be described, are oftener easier to apply than one which comprises a member passing around under the tie, as they can be applied after the tie has been put in place, without lifting it again or digging under it. v

In the structural modification shown in Figs. 8 to 1l inclusive, the retainer member, 22, has an eye bolt head, 22h, at each end, and the tie-engaging member, 24:, has both its ends passed through the eyes of said heads, and threaded for engagement with nut 13a. The middle portion of the member 24 extends across the tie at theV other side of the rail, and forms the inner retainer member on that side being joined to the upwardly projectingends by bent-in portions, which fit under the flange, 2a, of the tie on opposite sides of itsweb, in this respect being similar to the body portion of thefastener of Figs. 5 to 7. In some respects, this fastener is a mere duplication of the fastener of said gures. That of Figs. 12 to 14 is very similar to that of Figs. 8 to ll, the only difference being that the-middle portion of the tie-engaging member is not continuous like that portionin Figs. 8 to ll, so that there are two separate short inner-retainers, each having a portion engaging under the tie flange, 2, and an end passed through an eye of the head, 12", of the retainer memkloer,and receiving a nut 13a, similar to the retainer and tie-engaging member of Figs. 5 to '7.

I claim as my invention yand desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A track fastener, for use with ties formed from old rails or of analogous section, comprising a retainer member extending across the tie on one side of the rail and having a recessed portion ,to receive the rail flange; a combined retainer member and tie- Vengaging bar, shaped to engage under a part of the tie, and having'a portion resting on the top thereof, on the other side of the rail, and having` an end engaged with an end of said retainer member; and-means for clamping said ends` together to secure the rfastener to the tie.

2. A track fastener, for use with 4 ties formed from old rails or ofpanalogous section, comprising a retainer member extending across the tie on one side of the rail and if FI having a recessed portion to receive the rail flange, one end of said bar being hookshaped to engage the edge of the tie-flange and the other end having an opening through it; a tie-engaging member, having one end bent to rest on the tie and form a retainer member on the other side of the rail andV its other end passed through the said opening, and threaded; and a nut on said threaded end, the body of said tie-engaging member being bent to fit under the downwardly facing surface of the tie.

3. A track fastener, for' use with ties formed from old rails or of analogous section, comprising a retainer member, extending across the tie on one side of the rail and having a recessed portion to receive the rail flange, one end of said bar being hookshaped to engage the edge of the tie-flange and the other end bent to form an eye; a tie-engaging member, having one end bent to rest on the top of vthe tie on the other side of the rail and on the opposite side of the tie from said eye, and having its other end passed through said eye and threaded to receivea nut, the body of said member being bent to pass diagonally under a part of the tie; and a nut on said threaded end to clamp the fastener in place. Y

A. A track fastener, for use with ties of rail section, comprising a retainer' member extending across the tieand having a recess tooverlap the-rail flange, a tie-engaging member having its body portion shaped to fit under a downwardly facing surface of the tie, one end bent to overlap the top of the tie, and its other end adapted to be secured to one end of said retainer member.

5. A track fastener, for use with ties made of old rails, comprising a retainer member extending across the tie and engaging the rail flange, and means for securing said member in place, consisting of'a bar, means to secure said bar at one end to said member, the other end of said bar bent to overlie the tie on the other side of the rail from saidV member, andthe body of said bar bcing hentto pass around the tie.

- l WILLIAM DALTON.

Y Witnesses: l

` E. R. FINEGAN, S. H. DINGMAN. 

